Academus

English

Proper noun

Academus

  1. (Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kaˈdeː.mus/, [äkäˈd̪eːmʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kaˈde.mus/, [äkäˈd̪ɛːmus]

Proper noun

Acadēmus m sg (genitive Acadēmī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Acadēmus
Genitive Acadēmī
Dative Acadēmō
Accusative Acadēmum
Ablative Acadēmō
Vocative Acadēme

References
  • “Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Academus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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